The latest Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing Newsletter should be arriving in your inbox this afternoon.

The Child of the North Report highlighted the challenges and struggles of children in the North, forcing us to think how we can help to better the lives of these children.

Persistent pain is a huge world-wide health challenge. It is the primary reason people in the UK see their GP. The World Health Organisation (WHO) recognised it as a priority disease in 2019. NICE has also recently accepted that current chronic pain medications have limited use, and in fact carry serious safety concerns.

The latest Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing Newsletter (and the final one this year) should be arriving in your inbox this morning.

On 8th December the WRIHW Early Career Researcher’s (ECR) Committee held a networking event for ECRs. 

Join Jonathan Wistow and Luke Telford (University of York) for a fascinating discussion of their new book, Levelling Up the UK Economy: The Need for Transformative Change

Anyone who’s cared for a young child will recognise the signs. They’ve had too little sleep or missed a nap, they’re cranky, tearful, and stroppy, and they can’t or won’t fall sleep. They are “overtired”. But is such a thing really possible – to be more tired than tired?

The latest Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing Newsletter should be arriving in your inbox this morning.

Please come along to the James Cook University Hospital HDU seminar room on Monday 28th November, between 12.30 and 17.00 - We would really like your thoughts on the garden.

The latest Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing Newsletter should be arriving in your inbox this morning.

Our Pain Academy project, Unmasking Pain, has been granted funding for the next 3 years.

We aim to establish the first ever community culture and wellbeing hub for the North East. Ideas for the culture hub originated in a research partnership between several cultural organisations and individuals in the North East, funded though AHRC grants.